Retracting hanger



y 8, 1952 M. P. SMITH 2,602,622

RETRACTING HANGER Filed Feb. 6 1950 /n ven for Marie Parker mitfi Afforn The I present invention parel' invehicIes-ancl in other loca-ti'o' spa-c 'i'svery' often {The preferred formb Patented July 8, 1952 aric "provides" a l -hanger ntended primarily -to acc'ommodate'wearing -apns -in which limited. *When the fun'ctions --er hanger are desiredin'su'chlocations, a p'erson "f {sf-frequently willing- W9 sac-rifice a co'risiderable amountfofspace resume "---fu'nctionsare no-- longer dvice bumvne'n it neededi theflspac pied by it-s'eeins' -fa r out of proportion-toiitsvalue.

mol s i e and also form di'stinct hazards in the ordinary use of the vehicle, and for safety reasons alone it is desirable that-such members-be reduced to an zpurposebf the'present invention to provide a adequatelyser-ve-thepurpose.of supporting a considerable amount of wearing apparel or other articles as may be required, and which' -vvill of space when-not' 'in use.

erably withinathousingqattached directly to an appropriate wall surface.

f." a housing having anaper accommodate a pivotall arm. An inwardly-opening recess a with the aperture and respect thereto is adapted to receive a pin carried by the arm, and the cooperation between this pin and the bearing provided by the recess gives the pivotal support to the arm. An inner projection on the arm is formed as a cam surface, and a leaf spring based at a considerable distancefrom the pivot point urges the arm-outwardly and forces the pivot pin securely into engagement with the bearing recess. The effect of the spring in this preferred form of the invention is to hold the arm and the housing in firmly assembled position. The support of the arm is completed by the provision of a rotation-limiting stop which prevents rotation beyond a point where the function of a hanger can be performed. .It is preferable that the aperture of the housing beof such a length as to accommo date the arm in the retracted position. In this manner the arm will fold to a position sub where it would generate a danger of injuring anyone. The upper portion of the arm is preferably provided with a small projection affording a gripping point so that a user of the device may readily pull it into supporting position.

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The arm M is provided Wtih the projection 25 at its outer end which at all times projects above the surface of the housing In sufilcient to form a gripping point such that the user may pull the arm into the position shown in Figure 3 when it is desired to hang a garment. Several other systems maybe used tojorm such gripping points such as an indentation inthejsid: of the arm or any" one "of a'series of equivalent arrangements. When an article having substantial weight is 4 tween said hanger arm and said spring support means to urge said journal means into engagement with said pivot bearing mean and position said am about the axis of said journal means, and stop means limiting the amount of rotation of said arm with respect to said base.

2. A hanger comprising a base containing an elongated aperture and having mounting surface means, pivot bearing means disposed transverselyigwith gres'pectj to said? aperturei me'ans forming a springsupport, said pivot' 'bearing means and placed upon the arm IS, the natural tendency-of the arm to rotate in the clockwise direction (against the action of the spring 3 and can 1 surface 22) is restrained by the coopera'tion of I the stop 26 and the housing 10. When theengagement of the stop has taken place, am'oment created by the forces generated at the stop'-andthe forces generated int the pin I 6 resists the efiectsl of the weight of the. suspended articles.

When the weight of the articles has been removed, the torque generated by the action of the spring 18 operating upon the cam surface 22 serves tosnap the arm gently into the retracted,

position.

' The particular embodiments of the present invention which have been illustrated inthe accompanying drawings and described herein are I for-illustrative"purposes onlyandare not to be. considered asfialimitation-upon thescope of the appended claims; In these claims it is the intent of the inventor to claim theentire invention to which she is entitled in view of the prior art.

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=1. A'hanger comprising a base containing an aperture' and having mounting surface means, pivot bearing means disposed transversely with respect to said aperture, means forming a spring support, said base containing a. groove extending radially from said pivot bearing means through a wall of saidbase, a hanger arm adapted to pass substantially through saidaperture and hav ing transversely disposed journal .means laterally movable into engagement with said bearing means through said groove for cooperation with said pivot bearing means; spring means acting befileofthis patent:

- face means, said base containing a groove extending radially from said pivot bearing means towards the plane of said mounting surface means. a hanger arm adapted to pass substantially through and fit within said aperture and having transversely disposed journal means laterally movable into engagement with said bearing means through said groove for cooperation with said .pivot bearing means said arm having a cam surface adjacent to said journal means, spring means acting between said cam surface and said spring support meansto urge said journalmeans into engagement with said pivot bearing means and urge said arm about the axis of said journal ,means towards said. aperture, and stop means limiting the amount of rotation of said arm with respect'to said base. V

- MARIEPARKER,SMITH.

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